THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XII
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THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
VOLUME TWELVE
LONDON : PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS : IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED : WILLIAM HEINEMANN : AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII
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CONTENTS
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
CHAPTER PAGE
I. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER'S WANDERINGS 9
II. SUMMARY OF EVENTS (_continued_) 21
III. THE MASTER'S WANDERINGS: FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE CHEVALIER DE BURKE 38
IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY 70
V. ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757 105
VI. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER'S SECOND ABSENCE 127
VII. ADVENTURE OF CHEVALIER BURKE IN INDIA: EXTRACTED FROM HIS MEMOIRS 147
VIII. THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE 152
IX. MR. MACKELLAR'S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER 175
X. PASSAGES AT NEW YORK 194
XI. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS 213
XII. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS (_continued_) 238
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
_TO_
_SIR PERCY FLORENCE AND LADY SHELLEY_
_Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into manycountries. By a peculiar fitness of circumstance the writer began,continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Aboveall, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of thefraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durrisdeer, the problem ofMackellar's homespun and how to shape it for superior flights; thesewere his company on deck in many star-reflecting harbours, ran often inhis mind at sea to the tune of slatting canvas, and were dismissed(something of the suddenest) on the approach of squalls. It is my hopethat these surroundings of its manufacture may to some degree findfavour for my story with seafarers and sea-lovers like yourselves._
_And at least here is a dedication from a great way off: written by theloud shores of a subtropical island near upon ten thousand miles fromBoscombe Chine and Manor: scenes which rise before me as I write, alongwith the faces and voices of my friends._
_Well, I am for the sea once more; no doubt Sir Percy also. Let us makethe signal B. R. D.!_
_R. L. S._
_Waikiki_, _May_ 17_th_, 1889.